Coating inspection & engineering

Coatings are critical to extending the life of many assets. ALS can ensure your coating meets the requirements you need. When things go wrong, ALS has the expertise to determine how a coating has failed and what to do next.

Surface Coatings are an essential tool for fighting the billion dollar problem of component degradation due to corrosion and other damage mechanisms.

When designed, specified and manufactured correctly, coatings significantly extend component life for a relatively low cost.

Advantages – Rapid scanning of coatings for defects frequently not visible to the naked eye. Applications – All coated surfaces with conductive substrates.

Coating Adhesion and Peel Testing

The adherence of coating to the material to which it is applied (the substrate) is critical to a coating’s performance.

Separation / Delamination at the interface between substrate and the coating can make the coating liable to cracking and also can expose a void that can preferentially fill up with corrosive materials such as moisture.

ALS performs testing, including peel tests, that confirm that correct adhesion has been achieved.

Surface Roughness Testing

Many coatings require not only a clean surface upon which the coating is applied but also a particularly surface roughness to ensure that coating can bond to the surface effectively.